There are
4 million Muslims living in the US. It will take time to see if they
assimilate. Activists appear to be organizing to become a “protected class”.
From
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia -This is an incomplete list of notable Muslims who
live or lived in the United States.
Academia
– 20 professors
Asad Abidi – Professor of
Electrical Engineering at the University of California, Los Angeles; member of the National Academy of Engineering
Gul
Agha –
Professor of Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Professor Akbar S. Ahmed – US resident
Pakistani anthropologist; the Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies at American University; producer of the
film Journey Into Europe, on Islam in Europe
Saleem H. Ali – environmental
researcher and Associate Dean for Graduate studies at the University of
Vermont's Rubenstein School of Environment and
Natural Resources;
writer and contributor to publications such as the International
Herald Tribune;
has dual American and Pakistani citizenship
Talal Asad – Professor of
Anthropology and Religious Studies at CUNY
Farooq Azam – Distinguished
Professor at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD; researcher in the field of marine microbiology
Ayesha Jalal – MacArthur Fellow and Richardson
Professor of History at Tufts University
Ahsan
Kareem – Robert M. Moran Professor of Civil Engineering and Geological Sciences
at the University
of Notre Dame;
member of the National Academy of Engineering
Mohammad
Aslam Khan Khalil –
Professor of Physics at Portland
State University; a
highly cited researcher in the field of atmospheric physics
Dr. Hafeez Malik –
Professor of Political Science at Villanova University, in Pennsylvania
Dr. Nergis Mavalvala, Kathleen Marble
Professor of Astrophysics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and
2010 MacArthur Fellow; part of the team that
made the first direct gravitational wave observation
Adil Najam – Professor of
Geography and International Relations and Director of the Pardee Center
at Boston University;[14] founding editor
of popular blog Pakistaniat
S. Hamid Nawab, Professor of
Electrical and Computer Engineering and Biomedical Engineering, Boston University; co-author of widely
used textbook Signals and Systems (1997), published by Prentice Hall (Pearson); researcher in signal processing and machine perception with application
to auditory, speech, and neuromuscular systems
Dr. Agha Saeed – founder and Chairman
of American Muslim Alliance; lecturer at California State University, East Bay[
Anwar
Shaikh –
Professor of Economics at the graduate faculty of The New School in New York City
Sara Suleri – Professor of
English at Yale University
Dr. Bashir Syed – physicist, NASA scientist; authority on
renewable energy such as solar and wind energy; distinguished member of NY
Academy of Sciences
Abdul Jamil Tajik – researcher
in clinical medicine
Muhammad Suhail
Zubairy –
Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy; holder of the
Munnerlyn-Heep Chair in Quantum Optics at the Texas
A&M University.
Activism
and politics – 32
Huma Abedin – aide to United
States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton; served as traveling
chief of staff during Clinton's campaign for the Democratic nomination in the
2008 presidential election
Saqib Ali – served as
delegate to the Maryland
House of Delegates,
elected in 2006, represented the 39th District
Tahir Ali
– first Pakistani American elected as a National delegate-at-large (R)
from Massachusetts, 1992
Arif Alikhan – former
appointee to the Obama Administration where he served as Assistant Secretary
for Policy Development at the United States Department of Homeland Security; former Deputy Mayor
of Homeland Security and Public Safety for the City of Los Angeles; visiting
Professor of Homeland Security and Counterterrorism at the National
Defense University's
(NDU) College of International Security Affairs in Washington, DC
Nihad Awad – National
Executive Director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations
André Carson – Congressman from Indiana
Shamila N. Chaudhary – US government policy adviser
Robert D. Crane – former foreign
policy advisor; author
Sada Cumber – first US envoy
to the Organisation of the Islamic
Conference
C. Jack Ellis – former mayor
of Macon, Georgia
Keith
Ellison –
first Muslim congressman from Minnesota[28]
George Bethune
English (1787-1828)
- American adventurer, diplomat, soldier, and convert to Islam.
Ibrahim Hooper – National
Communications Director for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)
Mansoor Ijaz – hedge fund
manager and venture capitalist involved in Pakistan–United States relations and peace efforts
surrounding the Kashmir conflict
Arsalan Iftikhar – American human
rights lawyer, global media commentator, and author of the
book Scapegoats: How Islamophobia Helps Our Enemies & Threatens Our
Freedoms
Zalmay Khalilzad – former US Ambassador to the United Nations; former U.S. Ambassador to Iraq and Afghanistan
Yuri Kochiyama - Japanese American activist who converted
to Sunni Islam from Protestantism in 1971
Umar Lee - Activist and
Writer
Edina Lekovic – Communications
Director of the Muslim
Public Affairs Council
Malcolm X (also known as
El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz) – civil rights activist, public speaker and Black Muslim minister Joined
the Nation of Islam in 1952, before
converting to Sunni Islam in 1964.
Dr. Gholam
Mujtaba – chair of the Pakistan Policy Institute, a think tank
dedicated to improve the US-Pakistan relationship
Ilhan Omar - One of the
first two Muslim women elected to Congress.
Farah Pandith – Special
Representative to Muslim Communities for the US Department of State; official
advisor to President Obama on Muslim matters
Zainab Salbi – co-founder and
president for Women
for Women International
Haroon
Saleem – former Mayor of Granite
Falls, Washington
Betty Shabazz – civil rights
activist and educator; widow of Malcolm X
Azadeh Shahshahani – human rights
attorney and past president of the National Lawyers
Guild
Saghir "Saggy" Tahir – New Hampshire State
Representative; the only elected Pakistani American in the Republican Party;[39] re-elected in
2006 for a fourth term to represent Ward 2, District 9 in his home town
of Manchester
Shirin R.
Tahir-Kheli –
White House appointee at various senior posts in the executive branch and the
State department during five Republican administrations.
Rashida Tlaib – One of the
first two Muslim women elected to Congress.
Elias Zerhouni – Director,
National Institutes of Health
Armed
forces - 4
Kareem
Rashad Sultan Khan – United States Army Soldier killed
in Iraq
Humayun Khan
(soldier) – United States Army Soldier killed
in Iraq
Foreign
military service
Ma Dunjing – Chinese Muslim General of
the National
Revolutionary Army,
immigrated to Los Angeles in the United States after retirement in 1950
Ma Hongkui – Chinese Muslim General of the National
Revolutionary Army,
immigrated to Los Angeles in the United States after retirement in 1950.
Art - 4
Kameelah Janan
Rasheed —
Artist based in New York City
Deana Haggag –
Egyptian-American art museum curator, President and CEO of United States
Artists in
Chicago
Shirin Neshat –
Iranian-American visual artist and film director. Awarded The Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize in 2006, and
the Silver Lion in 2009
Shahzia Sikander –
Pakistani-American artist and MacArthur
Fellow
Business
- 16
Mohamed A. El-Erian – CEO of PIMCO, manager of over $1 trillion in global assets
Fuad El-Hibri – CEO of Emergent
BioSolutions
Shahid Khan – owner of
the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National
Football League (NFL),
the English Premier League team Fulham F.C.,
and automobile parts manufacturer Flex-N-Gate in Urbana, Illinois
Farooq Kathwari – CEO of Ethan Allen Global, Inc.
Abdul Malik Mujahid – President of
Sound Vision and community activist
Safi Qureshey –
Pakistani-American entrepreneur and philanthropist; co-founder and former CEO
of AST Research
Javed
Ahmed –
currently lives in London, where his headquarters are located; chief executive
officer of Tate & Lyle, a FTSE 250 company which is
one of Britain's oldest brands
Farooq Kathwari – Chairman,
President and Chief Executive officer of Ethan Allen
Syed Moiz Balkhi – Florida-based
entrepreneur; founder of WPBeginner
Michael Chowdry (1955–2001)
– Forbes 400 businessman;
founder of air cargo company Atlas Air, which in 2001 was
worth over $1.39 billion
Tariq Farid – entrepreneur;
owner and CEO of Edible Arrangements
Nabeel Gareeb – appointed
President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors
of MEMC in
2002; according to CNN he was the 24th
highest paid CEO in 2006;] according to Forbes he was the 6th
highest earning CEO in 2008 in the US
Fred Hassan – Chairman of the
Board and Chief Executive Officer of pharmaceutical company Schering-Plough from 2003-2009,
when the company completed its merger with Merck & Co
Mansoor Ijaz – businessman;
founder and chairman of Crescent Investment Management LLC, a New York
investment partnership; commentator on Fox News
Atif Sheikh – finalist for
the new World Trade Center design contest hosted by CNN; founded Atex Capital Partners, a
combined venture capital firm based in London
Hammad Siddiqi – economist and
social commentator; received numerous awards in journalism including the Edward
F. Tancready Award.
Comedy -
25
Ahmed Ahmed – standup
comedian, actor
Mohammed Amer – standup
comedian
Dave Chappelle – standup
comedian (converted in 1998)
Negin Farsad - comedian,
actress, writer, filmmaker
Maz Jobrani – standup
comedian, actor
Aasif Mandvi – comedian, actor
Hasan Minhaj – comedian, Daily Show correspondent
Preacher Moss – standup
comedian, comedy writer
Zahra Noorbakhsh – comedian,
writer, actor, co-host of #GoodMuslimBadMuslim podcast
Kumail Nanjiani – standup
comedian, actor
Dean Obeidallah – standup
comedian
Azhar Usman – standup
comedian
Maysoon Zayid – standup
comedian, actress.
Crime
Hasan Akbar – convicted of premeditated murder in a
grenade attack on fellow soldiers
Hesham Mohamed
Hadayet –
Egyptian-American who killed 2 people at the El Al counter at Los Angeles International Airport
Wadih el-Hage – al-Qaeda member
serving life imprisonment in the US for his part in the 1998 United States embassy bombings
Nidal Malik Hasan – former soldier
convicted of the 2009 Fort Hood shooting
Muzzammil Hassan – founder
of Bridges TV, a Muslim television
network; received sentence of 25 to life for beheading his wife
Mir Aimal Kansi –
Pakistani-American convicted and executed for the shootings at the Central
Intelligence Agencyheadquarters
John Walker Lindh – American
Taliban
John Allen Muhammad – executed
beltway sniper
José Padilla – convicted of
aiding terrorists and litigant before the United
States Supreme Court in Rumsfeld v. Padilla
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev –
Kyrgyzstani-American citizen who was convicted of planting bombs at the Boston
Marathon on
April 15, 2013, together with his brother Tamerlan
Tsarnaev.
Bryant Neal Vinas – convicted of
participating in and supporting Al-Qaeda plots in Afghanistan and the U.S.
Film - 8
Nabil Abou-Harb – filmmaker;
writer and director of Arab in America
Shohreh Aghdashloo – Academy
Award-nominated Iranian-born actress
Moustapha Akkad – film director,
producer
Mahershala Ali – Oscar-winning actor.
Lewis Arquette – film actor,
writer, and producer
Sayed Badreya – actor,
filmmaker
Saïd Taghmaoui – actor
Faran Tahir – actor
Modeling
- 3
Halima Aden – Somali-American
fashion model
Iman – supermodel and wife of David Bowie
Bella Hadid - fashion model and daughter of
real-estate developer Mohamed Hadid and former
model Yolanda Hadid.
Music –
37 mostly rappers
Akil –
rapper, formerly of the alternative hip-hop group Jurassic 5
Ahmet Ertegün – Songwriter and
founder of Atlantic Records
Akon – R&B and
hip-hop artist
Ali Shaheed Muhammad – producer, DJ
and rapper, formerly of A Tribe Called Quest; Sunni Muslim
Art Blakey – jazz drummer
and bandleader
B.G. Knocc Out – rapper
from Compton, California, (converted to Islam
in 1999)
Beanie Sigel – rapper
Big Daddy Kane – rapper; 5
percenter
Brother Ali – rapper;
converted to Islam
Busta Rhymes – hip-hop artist
and rapper; 5
percenter
Casey Kasem – Druze radio personality known for his top forty DJ format
Chali 2na – rapper,
formerly of the alternative hip-hop group Jurassic 5, and of Ozomatli
DJ Khaled – rap artist and
DJ
Everlast – rapper from the
Irish-American hip-hop group House of Pain; converted to Islam
Freeway – rapper; Sunni
Muslim
Ghostface Killah – rapper, member
of the hip-hip group the Wu-Tang Clan
Ice Cube – rapper and
producer
Jermaine Jackson – singer, bass
guitarist
Kevin Gates – rapper
Lupe Fiasco – rapper; Sunni
Muslim
Mark
7even – rapper, formerly of the alternative hip-hop group Jurassic 5
MC Ren – rapper
Mos Def – rapper;
initially joined the Nation of Islam before converting to Islam
Napoleon – former member
of Tupac Shakur's rap group the
Outlawz, now a motivational Muslim speaker
Native Deen – rap group
Professor A.L.I. – rapper
Q-Tip – rapper,
formerly of A Tribe Called Quest; Sunni Muslim
Rakim – 5 percenter, rapper and former
member of the hip-hop duo Eric B. & Rakim
Scarface – rapper
Raekwon – rapper, member
of the hip-hip group the Wu-Tang Clan
Rhymefest – Grammy
Award-winning hip-hop artist; co-writer of the single "Jesus
Walks"
Snoop Dogg – rapper; ex
member of the Nation Of Islam
T-Pain – singer, rapper
Vinnie Paz – rapper in the
hip-hop group Jedi Mind Tricks
Yusef Lateef – jazz musician
and Grammy Award winner
Zeeshan Zaidi – lead singer and
guitarist for The Commuters.
Religion
– 17 Muslim scholars
Suhaib Webb – Muslim lecturer
and activist; Imam of the Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center, the
largest mosque in the New England area
Hamza Yusuf – Muslim scholar
Hassan Hathout – Muslim scholar
Hassan Al-Qazwini – Muslim scholar
Hisham Kabbani – Muslim sufi scholar
and shaykh
Yusuf Estes – Muslim preacher
Souleiman Ghali – Founder of the
Islamic Society of San Francisco
Sherman Jackson – Muslim scholar
Nouman Ali Khan – Muslim speaker and founder, CEO
and lead instructor at Bayyinah, the Institute for Arabic and Qur'anic Studies.
Sadullah Khan – Muslim scholar
Ingrid Mattson – Muslim scholar
Warith Deen Mohammed – former leader
of the largest Muslim organization, the American
Society of Muslims (son
of Nation of Islam leader)
Louay M. Safi – Muslim scholar
Zaid Shakir – Muslim scholar
Siraj Wahhaj – Muslim scholar
Omar Khalidi – Muslim scholar
Amir Hussain – Muslim scholar, editor of the Journal of the American Academy of Religion.
Science –
3
Fazlur Khan – structural
engineer (designed the Sears Tower, John Hancock Center)
Ayub K. Ommaya – neurosurgeon,
inventor of the Ommaya reservoir
Ahmed Zewail – Nobel
Prize winner in Chemistry, 1999 for his work on femtochemistry.
Sports
Boxing
Boxer Muhammad Aliin 1978
Muhammad Ali – became a member
of the Nation of Islam in 1964,[173] converted
to Sunni Islam in 1975
Bernard Hopkins – former Middleweight and Light Heavyweight world champion
Eddie Mustafa
Muhammad –
former Light Heavyweight Champion
Matthew Saad
Muhammad –
former Light Heavyweight Champion
Dwight Muhammad Qawi – former Light Heavyweight and Cruiserweight Champion
Hasim Rahman – former Heavyweight champion
Mike Tyson – Undisputed Heavyweight Champion in 1987;
converted in 1994 (influenced by preacher in prison)
Basketball
DeSagana Diop – Senegalese basketball player
for the Charlotte Bobcats
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – converted to
Islam from Catholicism in 1968,
initially joining the Nation of Islam before retaking
the Shahada and converting
to Sunni Islam that very summer
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf – former player
for Denver Nuggets (converted in
1991, formerly Chris Jackson)
Shareef Abdur-Rahim – retired player,
named NBA All-Star in 2001–02 season
Hassan Adams – drafted by and
played for the New Jersey Nets, later the Cleveland Cavaliers, then KK Vojvodina (in Serbia).
Larry Johnson – retired player, played for the Charlotte Hornets and New York Knicks
Nazr Mohammed – player for
the Charlotte Bobcats
Mehmet Okur – Turkish player
of the Utah Jazz
Shaquille O'Neal – former player
for the Los Angeles Lakers; rapper and actor
Hakeem Olajuwon – former player
for the Houston Rockets
Rasheed Wallace – former player
for the Detroit Pistons
NFL
Ameer Abdullah – running back, drafted by the Detroit Lions in 2015,
currently with the Minnesota Vikings
Oday Aboushi – guard, drafted by the New York Jets in 2013, currently
with the Arizona Cardinals.
Dominique Easley – linebacker, drafted by the New England Patriots in 2014,
currently with the Los Angeles Rams
Mohamed Sanu – wide receiver, drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals in 2012,
currently with the Atlanta Falcons
Muhammad Wilkerson – defensive end, drafted by the New York Jets in 2011,
currently with the Green Bay Packers[195]
Hamza Abdullah – former safety
for the Cleveland Browns
Husain Abdullah – former safety
for the Minnesota Vikings
Az-Zahir Hakim – former wide receiver for the St. Louis Rams
Ryan Harris – former offensive tackle for the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Abdul Hodge – former
linebacker for the Carolina Panthers
Ahmad Rashād – former wide receiver for Minnesota Vikings, award-winning
sportscaster (converted in 1972)
Ephraim Salaam – former offensive tackle for the Detroit Lions
Usama Young – former free
safety for the New Orleans Saints
Track and
field - 1
Khalid Khannouchi – marathon runner
Wrestling
- 5
Adeel Alam – Pakistani American, wrestler in WWE
Khosrow Vaziri – Retired Iranian American wrestler,
former WWE Champion
Dara Daivari – Iranian
American, former wrestler in WWE
Mixed
martial arts
Muhammed Lawal – former
Strikeforce Light Heavyweight World Champion
Television
- 11
Mara Brock Akil – screenwriter,
producer
Usman Ally – actor
Ahmed Shihab-Eldin – reporter for national news channels
Rizwan Manji – actor
Ayman Mohyeldin – reporter for
national news channels
Isaiah Mustafa – actor
Mehmet Oz – medical doctor,
talk show host
Kamran Pasha – screenwriter,
producer
Tahera Rahman – Newscaster
for WHBF-TV and KLJB. Widely-covered by the media for being the first
American hijabi Muslim newscaster.
Iqbal Theba – actor
Ali Velshi - Reporter and
anchor for national U.S. news channels, from Canada
Writing -
7
Reza Aslan – author,
religious scholar
Mona Eltahawy – columnist
Yahiya Emerick – author
Pai Hsien-yung – Chinese Muslim author and
writer; born in China, immigrated to Taiwan then the United
States; son of General Bai Chongxi
Saladin Ahmed – author
Laila Lalami - author and
essayist
Ayman Mohyeldin – Al-Jazeera English
journalist
Stephen
Schwartz –
journalist
Michael Wolfe – journalist
Fareed Zakaria – author,
commentator, and host of CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS
Melody Moezzi – author and
activist
Wael Abdelgawad – author
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